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function color_my_prompt {
local __user_and_host="\[\033[00;30m\]\u@digitalone"
local __cur_location="\[\033[00;31m\]\w"
local __git_branch_color="\[\033[32m\]"
local __git_branch='`git branch 2> /dev/null | grep -e ^* | sed -E s/^\\\\\*\ \(.+\)$/\(\\\\\1\)\ /`'
local __prompt_tail="\[\033[35m\]$"
local __last_color="\[\033[00m\]"
export PS1="$__user_and_host $__cur_location $__git_branch_color$__git_branch$__prompt_tail$__last_color "
}
if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
color_my_prompt
fi
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Add this to your .bashrc (or .bash_profile on OSX) to color your prompt and optionally show the current active git branch if you are inside a git repository. There is a bug where it gets a bit confused if you are in a detached submodule -- this isn't blocking us from using this at the moment.

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